Brad Wadlow’s Day Off

While it won’t be coming to a theater near you (you can thank your Lucky Charms for that), I’ve titled today, with apologies to Ferris Bueller, as “Brad Wadlow’s Day Off.”

Earlier this week, I debated, I flipped coins, I prayed, I consulted the Tarot cards, and I even consulted with friends, relatives and complete strangers, on whether or not I should take today off. (And as I’m typing this, I’m realizing that there is about only 23 minutes left before today is over, so fingers, don’t fail me now!)

I marched in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade yesterday. Woke up at 2 a.m. to catch the bus (this is usually about the time I’m crawling into bed, affter sufficiently writing on all my Facebook friends’ walls). Since I have a dog, and since I don’t have a car, I do a lot of walking anyway. But I think my feet (and the rest of me, too) were glad when I finally made it back home again.

So, between my late-night Facebook postings and musings, and marching in the parade, I slept pretty much most of the day away. I know, exciting, huh? But, the parade was really great fun, and now I have plenty of time to go back onto Facebook and write on my friends’ walls (you know who you are!).

Or maybe I should just go back to bed.

Nahhh.

About Brad Wadlow

Brad Wadlow tries to find the humor in most any situation. "I can be serious," Brad says, "but it's usually when the house is on fire, or my tie is caught in the blender (again)." He is currently a news assistant for MyCentralJersey.com.

Hi, Karyn! We weren’t with a float that year, We were pastry chefs amid pies and cakes. Fortunately, we got off easy with the costumes! That was our third year doing it. The first year, we were with the rocking horse float. One year we were dressed as heralds, another year as toy soldiers. It’s a lot of fun, but exhausting!

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Staff Writer Brad Wadlow teeters on the edge of insanity that is everyday life. Some insist he's already gone over that edge.

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Brad WadlowBrad Wadlow tries to find the humor in most any situation. "I can be serious," Brad says, "but it's usually when the house is on fire, or my tie is caught in the blender (again)." He is currently a news assistant for MyCentralJersey.com.E-mail Brad